Possessive 's - Genitivo Sassone

Possessive 's - Genitivo Sassone

by your beloved English teacher

​RULE 1

​- For SINGULAR nouns: add 's

​notice the article THE

​

​Ex.

the father of Sissy --> Sissy's father

​the pens of Michael --> Michael's pens

​the house of James --> James's house

​BUT

​the house of the child --> The child's house

​RULE 2

​- For PLURAL nouns: add '

​notice the article THE

​

​Ex.

the father of the kids --> the kids' father

​the pens of the students --> the students' pens

​the project of the Smiths --> the Smiths' project

​

​RULE 3

​- For PLURAL nouns with NO final -s: add 's

​

​Ex.

​man (sing)-->men (plur)

the houses of the men --> the men's houses

​

​child (sing)-->children (plur)

​the fathers of the children --> the children's fathers

​RULE 4

​- 2 owners for the same object (joint possession)

​

​Ex.

The father of Jack and Sophie (same father for both)

​--> Jack and Sophie's father

​

​The houses of John and Paul (they are the owners of the same houses)

​--> John and Paul's houses

​RULE 5

​- separate ownership

​

​Ex.

The fathers of Jack and Sophie (each one has a different father)

​--> Jack's and Sophie's fathers

​

​The houses of John and Paul (John has 1 house, Paul has another house)

​--> John's and Paul's houses

​To sum up

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The car of Travis

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The toy that belongs to Joe

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The desks of the children

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The shoes of the women

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The mother of Jane and Jack

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The baby of Greg and Melissa

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Rewrite the following using the possessive:

The feet of John and Paul

Multiple Choice

My friend has a big nose

• My friends' nose is big

• My friend’s nose is big

• My friends nose is big

• The big nose's friend

Multiple Choice

Janis has got blue eyes

• Blue eyes's Janis

• Jani’s eyes are blue.

• Janis’ eyes are blue.

• Janis’s eyes are blue.

Multiple Choice

The boys have got a small classroom

• The boy's classroom is small

• The classroom is very small.

• The boys’s classroom is small

• The boys’ classroom is small

Multiple Choice

Bob has got a white rabbit

• Bobs rabbit is white.

• Bob’s rabbit is white.

• The rabbit is white

• The rabbit's white

Multiple Choice

_______ room is always messy. (Ian)

• Ian’s

• Ian has got a

• Ians'

• Ians's

Multiple Choice

___________ computer is new. (Janis)

• Jani's

• Janis's

• Janis’

• Janis has got

Multiple Choice

____________ car is very comfortable (my father)

• My fathers's

• My father

• My father's

• My father has

Multiple Choice

______hats are small. (Julie)

• Julie's

• Julies's

• Julie has got

• Julies'